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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Software Development Engineer, AWS Global Accelerator, AWS Global Accelerator - **Company:** Amazon.com, Inc. - **Location:** Portland, OR, United States - **Experience:** Experienced - **Salary:** $165,200.0 - $223,600.0 - **Contract:** Internship / Graduate position - **Skills:** Clean Code Principles, Amazon Web Services, C++ (Programming Language), Cloud Computing, Code Review, Computer Programming, Computer Networks, DDoS Mitigation, Software Design Patterns, Distributed Systems, Packet Analyzer, Nginx, Software Engineering, System Programming, Cloud Platform System, Information Technology, Build Process, Software Coding, Software Version Control - **Published:** July 1, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.amazon.jobs/en/jobs/10463072/software-development-engineer-aws-global-accelerator-aws-global-accelerator ## About the Role The AWS Global Accelerator data plane team is looking for software engineers to solve challenging, distributed systems and networking problems, deliver new customer features, all while maintaining this Tier-0 global service. Our team builds and maintains a packet processor application which routes and load-balances every single packet ingressed by any AWS edge location. You should be somebody who puts the customers' needs firsts and has strong interest in computer networking and protocols. The ideal candidate will have a strong technical background in computer networking and preferably systems-level (e.g. C/C++) programming experience. Knowledge of DPDK and NGINX are a plus! Successful candidates will enjoy computer networking and deep packet analysis, distributed systems, low-level, systems programming and have deep analytical skills and excellent communication skills. You thrive in a highly collaborative, creative, analytical, and fast-paced environment and are comfortable interacting with highly technical software and networking development teams. In this role you will have opportunities to engage with AWS customers and other AWS service owners, propose and design new ideas, and best of all develop and deliver new features to the delight of our customers. If you are passionate about distributed systems, writing clean code, constant learning, and invigorated to work on a platform that runs critical internet workloads for AWS and its customers you should apply for this role. You will become an important part of running our global software defined networking service and learn what it takes to grow and operate a global business as AWS scale., 3+ years of non-internship professional software development experience - 2+ years of non-internship design or architecture (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience - Experience programming with at least one software programming language Preferred Qualifications - 3+ years of full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations experience - Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent ## Description Design for new systems from scratch or improving existing systems and own the technical direction for the initiative from start to finish. - Mentor and guide the team members to solve complex problems with simple solutions. - Drive the big ideas to improve availability and performance of AGA Data Plane - How we route packets within the service towards our customer endpoints. - Develop high quality testable and maintainable software and participate in code reviews. 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